I am facing a problem using wireless router in Bangalore. I have wireless router from Airtel. Due to wiring problem, I had to instal it in the guest bed room. I get strong signal in that room and signal starts fading in the living room. Never faced this problem in Bay Area with similar size home. I suspect it is due to concrete/cement construction versus wooden wall in Calif. Face same problem with cordless phone (5GHz). I have to keep it near the wireless router as DSL/tel line land in the same room. Any suggestion to improve the signal strength so I can get decent coverage in the whole house? Airtel says they can not boost the signal strength.
-OS2
Wireless router question
Wireless router question
OS,
I use LinkSys (WRT54G) and have no signal issues. It works up to 2 floors above (20 ft and 10 inches of concrete) and in rooms 25 feet apart (crossing 2 walls). I have heard signal issues on BSNL supplied routers like you mentioned. I do know of few friends who use LinkSys and DLink and have not heard of any such issues. Technically, I do not know what makes them superior in providing good signal strength but these were my observations. Try speaking to friends in the same complex and see what works well and that should serve as a good gauge as well.
sigma
I use LinkSys (WRT54G) and have no signal issues. It works up to 2 floors above (20 ft and 10 inches of concrete) and in rooms 25 feet apart (crossing 2 walls). I have heard signal issues on BSNL supplied routers like you mentioned. I do know of few friends who use LinkSys and DLink and have not heard of any such issues. Technically, I do not know what makes them superior in providing good signal strength but these were my observations. Try speaking to friends in the same complex and see what works well and that should serve as a good gauge as well.
sigma
Wireless router question
Old-Spice2;293527I am facing a problem using wireless router in Bangalore. I have wireless router from Airtel. Due to wiring problem, I had to instal it in the guest bed room. I get strong signal in that room and signal starts fading in the living room. Never faced this problem in Bay Area with similar size home. I suspect it is due to concrete/cement construction versus wooden wall in Calif. Face same problem with cordless phone (5GHz). I have to keep it near the wireless router as DSL/tel line land in the same room. Any suggestion to improve the signal strength so I can get decent coverage in the whole house? Airtel says they can not boost the signal strength.
-OS2
Try one of the following "el cheapo" methods (as well as others in the related section). :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbunpFFVjw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyH-Uu1U7ik
Wireless router question
Old-Spice2;293527I am facing a problem using wireless router in Bangalore.-OS2
Right now I am sitting in a room 40 feet away from the router with 4 cement concrete walls in between. The signal strenght is 4 bars out of 5. It is D-Link 2.4GHz.
Perhaps you should connect in the guest room and then move out watching the connection strength bars. It may be something else; another 2.4GHz instrument intervening. I had that problem initially. I have wireless CCTV cameras. Switching on the third channel of the CCTV setup used to kill the Wifi connection. I learnt that due to a powerfailure as the third channel camera was on direct power.
Now for last 4 years, I have had no problem.
Or there could be lot of iron in the walls. That could shield the signal.